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grbs-14699	Mallan, Christopher Thomas	The Style, Method, and Programme of Xiphilinus' Epitome of Cassius Dio's Roman History	2013	35	.pdf	application/pdf	12915	567	60	Mallan ————— Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 53 (2013) 610–644 2013 Christopher Mallan The Style, Method, and Programme of Xiphilinus’ Epitome of Cassius Dio’s Roman History Christopher Mallan N TERMS OF SCALE ALONE Xiphilinus’ Epitome of Cassius Dio’s Roman History is one of the more ambitious works of middle Byzantine historiography.1 Its historical vision, covering the period from 69 B.C. through A.D. 229, on first inspection, sits uncomfortably with the other works of history written during the eleventh century. 3 Millar’s comments are typical (Study 2): “Xiphilinus’ work is not so much a précis of Dio as a rather erratic selection from his material, sub- stantially, but not invariably, in Dio’s order and often keeping very close to Dio’s wording.	cache/grbs-14699.pdf	txt/grbs-14699.txt